Episodes
Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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01 | 20070205 | An old man experiences a range of emotions as he waits for a ferry. Stories exploring the emotions and motivations of waylaid travellers | |
02 | The Monument | 20070206 | A couple endure a long wait as their car is repaired in a small town in the US deep south. Stories exploring the emotions and motivations of waylaid travellers |
03 | The Journey | 20070207 | A young man's ambition to travel overland to Timbuktoo takes a decidedly nightmarish turn. Stories exploring the emotions and motivations of waylaid travellers |
04 | To the Island | 20070208 | A week of specially commissioned stories exploring the emotions and motivations of travellers forced to break their journeys. By Meaghan Delahunt, read by Patricia Kerrigan. Overwhelmed by grief, a young widow decides to leave Edinburgh and immerse herself in life on the Greek island where she and her husband shared their holidays. A young widow decides to leave Edinburgh and immerse herself in life on a Greek island. Stories exploring the emotions and motivations of waylaid travellers |
05 | The Emperor's Warriors | 20070209 | A week of specially commissioned stories exploring the emotions and motivations of travellers forced to break their journeys. By Alan Spence, read by Simon Tait. Fogbound in a Chinese airport, the narrator of the story finds that the sight and smell of the fog rouses memories of the peasoupers of his childhood in 1950s Glasgow. Fogbound in a Chinese airport, the narrator is reminded of fog childhood memories. Stories exploring the emotions and motivations of waylaid travellers |